Frank Beamer

The ACC is taking over Pinehurst, N.C., this week to promote the upcoming football season. In between the golf and the tea-leaf readings, there will be time for some meaningful questions. The answers won't come until the fall, but we have to fill the down time before the season kicks off with North Carolina and South Carolina on Sept. 3 in Charlotte. Five ACC-centric questions to consider during the three-day kickoff event: 1. Can Florida State stay out of trouble? Former quarterback Jameis Winston was a magnet for controversy, both legal and otherwise, but Florida State's problems haven't ended with his exit for the NFL. Arguably, they've gotten worse with two...

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